ANTH 0201 - Cultural Anthropology

Credits: 3

Crosslisted: SOCI 0200.

An overview of cultural anthropology as a discipline and to the concepts and techniques essential for understanding different cultures, both contemporary and past. Includes analysis of universal aspects of human experience, including the family, economic, political, religious, artistic, and linguistic systems, examined in a cross-cultural perspective. A brief examination of hunters and gatherers, tribal and peasant peoples, among others and an introduction to the dynamics of cultural contact, cultural evolution, and change.

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Westfield State University

ANTH 0201 - Cultural Anthropology